The document discusses the need for improved public access to hygiene facilities for unhoused individuals in San Francisco, emphasizing the importance of dignity and personal care. It proposes a system named 'refresh sf' that leverages existing public spaces to create community support and funding for hygiene services. This initiative aims to promote public health and engage citizens in addressing homelessness through a sustainable model that can be expanded to other cities.

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2. PERSPECTIVE
You are
privileged
you probably had a place
to wash in the last 48
hours...
many of us in
this city do not
have that
luxury
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3. SARAH’S STORY
“I need a personal
ID, private place
daughter + sister
to change my
tampon. I need to If I don’t find a shelter, I just don’t.
feel safe and a I just need private place to change, a
wash cloth, a private place to shower and
place to refresh.” refresh.
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4. THE PROBLEM
We share
the same
space
This effects all of us. We
share the same space...
and as we lose our
cleanliness, we lose our
dignity.
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5. INSPIRATION
A NEW
WORLD We share
SOLUTION the same
BASED ON space
AN “OLD In the past we have had
public spaces that have
WORLD” facilitated this basic need
and became points of
IDEA community congregation
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Refresh SF is a system predicated on the
need to promote public health, build
awareness of homelessness and
encourage giving through an easy to
donate system.
We believe that this first step is in making the simple things such as access to a
source of water to cleanse and refresh is the first start in regaining personal
dignity and mutual recognition of our humanity.

7. CREATIVE CURRENCY
PEOPLE
POWERED
I gave
$5.00
FUNDING
Public problems necessitate
solutions that are all citizens
are invested in
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8. ACCESS
LEVERAGE EXISTING SYSTEMS
We propose leveraging
Identification through
systems we are already
using. And encourage the
entire city to participate
through an easy to donate
system
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9. ECOSYSTEM
AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN
CYCLE
OF
ONGOING PHYSICAL
GIVING BACK
FUNDING SPACE
ENGAGEMENT/FUNDING
CAMPAIGN
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10. THE SYSTEM
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11. SPACE
USE PUBLIC SPACE
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12. SPACE
USE UNUSED SPACE
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13. SPACE
USE UNDERUTILIZED SPACE
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14. FUTURE ROADMAP
Create
sustainable
work for cash
jobs
today

15. A NEW KIND OF COMPANY
Meeting the triple bottom line:
People!!Planet !Profit
People: engaging a community-developed design process, connectivity via a new social
network, job training & creation
Planet: a sustainably-designed, cradle-to-cradle, resource-efficient
Profit: Refreshsf sees a future where our product and social model is deployed in multiple
cities around the world, and in post-disaster situations
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16. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
DESIGN VALIDATION ROLLOUT & PROGRAM EXPANSION
Prototype in with cooperation from Launch & test the website Shelter pods for temporary
partner agencies and focus groups shelter and emergency shelters
in the Tenderloin/Mid-Market Launch the jobs training program
Stations for interior infill in
Develop the website Deploy & test the prototype dignity station existing buildings
Develop the job program with
partner agencies and nonprofits
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY FUNDING & PARTNERSHIPS
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17. THANK YOU
Khadijah Roussi
@kroussi
Stephanie Houston Raul San Narciso
@urbnmatters Fumiko Docker @raulsann
@foomdock
Katie Crepeau
@kapow_katie
Vivien Park
@gravitymax
Aynne Valencia Dori Caminong
@aynne @doricaminone
sf www.refreshsf.org
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